When Bad Things Happen to Good People Summary and Analysis

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When Bad Things Happen to Good People

by Harold S. Kushner

Genre:

Non Fiction

Published:

1981

Pages:

176

Est. Read Time:

3 hours

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Focusing on themes of new-age spirituality, book reviews on Spirituality and Practice are short and lack detail. Reviews usually contain a paragraph on the author, a paragraph on the subject matter, and a closing few lines on whether the book is recommended.

Top Quotes from When Bad Things Happen to Good People

“Our question will not be Job's question "God, why are You doing this to me?" but rather "God, see what is happening to me. Can You help me?" We will turn to God, not to be judged or forgiven, not to be rewarded or punished, but to be strengthened and comforted.”

“The God I believe in does not send us the problem; He gives us the strength to cope with the problem.”

“But people who pray for courage, for strength to bear the unbearable, for the grace to remember what they have left instead of what they have lost, very often find their prayers answered. They discover that they have more strength, more courage than they ever knew themselve ... ”More